John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Dec. 8, 2016. The last survivor of the original Mercury 7 astronauts was 95.
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Greg Lake

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Greg Lake, who co-founded both King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer -- bands that helped define the sprawling, influential but often-maligned genre known as progressive rock, died Dec. 7, 2016, of cancer. He was 69. The 1972 photo includes, from left, Lake with the late Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer.
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John Glenn

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John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Dec. 8, 2016. The last survivor of the original Mercury 7 astronauts was 95.
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Rashaan Salaam

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Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam, seen on Dec. 10, 1994, was found dead Dec. 5, 2016, in a park less than two miles from Folsom Field, where he carved his name into the University of Colorado record books as one of the greatest players in the program's history. His death is being investigated by the Boulder County coroner's office. He was 42.
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Jayaram Jayalalithaa

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Jayaram Jayalalitha, seen in an undated photo, was a hugely popular south Indian actress who later turned to politics.Jayalalitha became the highest elected official in the state of Tamil Nadu, died Dec. 5, 2016, after undergoing surgery following a heart attack. She was 68.
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Luis Carlos Montalvan

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Luis Carlos Montalvan, seen in 2011, a decorated Iraq war veteran who became a strong critic of the war and wrote a best-selling book about it, has died. He was 43. Montalvan was found in a hotel room in downtown El Paso late Friday, Dec. 2, 2016.
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David Hamilton

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David Hamilton, seen on April 21, 2006, a widely published British photographer whose alluring images of young women were variously celebrated as art and condemned as pornography, died Nov. 25, 2016. He was 83.
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Sammy Lee

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Sammy Lee dives from the tower of the Empire Pool at Wembley, England, in the Olympic diving competition in the 1948 London Olympics, Aug. 5, 1948. Lee, a two-time Olympic gold medal-winning diver who later mentored four-time Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis, died Dec. 2, 2016 of pneumonia. He was 96.
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Joe McKnight

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Former New York Jets running back Joe McKnight, seen on Nov. 17, 2011, was shot to death after an argument at an intersection with another motorist on Dec. 1, 2016. He was 28.
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Andrew Sachs

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Andrew Sachs, seen in October 2006, who is known primarily for his role as the well-intentioned but somewhat dim character of Manuel in the 1970s comedy "Fawlty Towers," died Nov. 23, 2016. He was 86 and had been suffering from vascular dementia.
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William Christenberry

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William Christenberry, an artist renowned for photographs of crumbling buildings and rusty cars that captured the decay of the rural South, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Nov. 28, 2016. He was 80.
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Patricia Kutteles

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Patricia Kutteles, who helped repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy with emotional testimony about the murder of her son, a soldier who was rumored to be gay, died Nov. 14, 2016. She was 67.
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Joe Esposito

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Elvis Presley's former road manager and friend Joe Esposito, left, greets Bremerhaven mayor Manfred Richter on Oct. 1, 1998, at the point Elvis stepped on German soil. Esposito had dementia and died Nov. 23, 2016 of natural causes. He was 78.
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Fritz Weaver

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Fritz Weaver, right, who won best actor in a dramatic role for "Child's Play," and played Sherlock Holmes and Shakespearean kings on Broadway while also creating memorable roles on TV and film from "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" to "Marathon Man," died Nov. 26, 2016. He was 90. In this 1970 photo during the Tony Awards, he poses with other Tony winners, from left, Cleavon Little, Lauren Bacall, and Tammy Grimes.
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Tony Martell

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Tony Martell, a music executive who founded the industry's largest foundation for leukemia, cancer and AIDS research died Nov. 27, 2016. He was 90.
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Peter Hintze

Peter Hintze, deputy speaker of Germany's Parliament who was close to Chancellor Angela Merkel, died of cancer Nov. 27, 2016. He was 66. The photo is from 2008.
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Theresa Manuel

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Theresa Manuel, second from left, poses with President Harry S. Truman and other female Olympic athletes on Oct. 22, 1948 in the Oval Office. Manuel who competed in the hurdles, the javelin and the 440-yard relay and was the first black woman from Florida to compete in the Olympics, died Nov. 21, 2016. She was 90.
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Fidel Castro

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Cuba strongman Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century of power, died Nov. 25, 2016. He was 90. The photo is from July 26, 2006.
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Paul Sylbert, right, a prolific production designer who won an Oscar for his work on Warren Beatty's film, "Heaven Can Wait," died Nov. 19, 2016. He was 88. In this March 12, 1974, photo, Sylbert is with his sister Anthea Sylbert, a costume designer, and twin brother, Richard, also a production designer.
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Ron Glass

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Ron Glass, the handsome, prolific character actor best known for his role as the gregarious, sometimes sardonic detective Ron Harris in the long-running cop comedy "Barney Miller," died of respiratory failure Nov. 25, 2016. He was 71. The photo is from Sept. 17, 2013 in North Hollywood, Calif.
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Florence Henderson

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Florence Henderson, the wholesome actress who went from Broadway star to television icon when she became Carol Brady, the ever-cheerful mom residing over "The Brady Bunch," died Nov. 24, 2016 of heart failure. She was 82. The photo is from Oct. 29, 2014.
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Peggy Kirk Bell

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Peggy Kirk Bell, a leading teacher and one of the most passionate advocates for women's golf, died Nov, 23, 2016. She was 95. The photo is from June 27, 2007.
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Bernardo Alvarez

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Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez, a longtime envoy from Venezuela to the United States who led Hugo Chavez's diplomats in staunchly defending Venezuela's socialist revolution to skeptical foreign governments, died Nov. 24, 2016. He was 60. The photo is from May 9, 2007.
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Alex Stewart

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Alex Stewart, left, throws a punch at Rick Enis during a fight on April 26, 1993, in Rosemont, Ind. Stewart, a heavyweight contender who fought Mike Tyson and nearly beat George Foreman, died Nov. 16, 2016. He was 52.
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Ralph Branca

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Ralph Branca, seen on Sept. 2, 1956, the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who gave up the famed "Shot Heard 'Round the World" that still echoes six decades later as one of the most famous home runs in baseball history, died Nov. 23, 2016. He was 90.
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Diana Balmori

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Diana Balmori, a visionary landscape designer who saw her theories of ecologically driven urban design widely adopted in her field, died from lung cancer Nov. 14, 2016. She was 84.
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Brandon Maxfield

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Child shooting victim Brandon Maxfield is shown in a undated photo with his mother Sue Stansberry. Maxfield died Nov. 13, 2016 of complications from his paralysis. He was 29.
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Melvin Laird

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Melvin R. Laird, seen in a September 1992 photo, who was a former Wisconsin congressman and U.S. defense secretary during years when President Nixon struggled to find a way to withdraw troops from an unpopular war in Vietnam, died Nov. 16, 2016. He was 94.
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Mentor Williams

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Musicians Paul Williams, left, and his brother Mentor Williams are shown at the 21st Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 18, 2004. Mentor Williams, the award-winning songwriter behind the 1970s hit "Drift Away," which became a soulful rock n' roll anthem aired on radio stations for generations, died Nov. 16, 2016 after battling lung cancer. He was 70.

Joe Resnick

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Joe Resnick, a correspondent who covered Los Angeles sports for The Associated Press for more than three decades, died Nov. 20, 2016 after a six-month struggle with cancer. He was 62.
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Sharon Jones

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Sharon Jones, seen on July 1, 2014, the powerhouse lead singer of the Dap-Kings, who shepherded a soul revival despite not finding stardom until middle age, died Nov. 18, 2016 of pancreatic cancer. She was 60.
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Dr. Denton Cooley

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Denton A. Cooley, a heart surgeon who performed the first successful heart transplant in the United States and helped make many other advances in cardiac surgery, including valve replacement, bypass operations, removing aortic aneurysms and the development of heart-lung machines, died Nov. 15, 2016. He was 96.
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Jules Eskin

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Jules Eskin, the principal cellist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for more than half a century, died Nov. 15, 2016 after a long struggle with cancer. He was 85.
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Dwayne Andreas

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Dwayne Andreas, a farmer's son and college dropout who turned the grain-processing company, Archer Daniels Midland, into "the supermarket to the world," then saw it rocked by a price-fixing scandal, has died. He was 98. This photo is from 1998.
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Cliff Barrows

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Cliff Barrows, the long-time music and program director for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, died Nov. 15, 2016. after a brief illness. He was 93. This photo is from Nov. 18, 2004.
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Gardnar Mulloy

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Gardnar Mulloy, right, a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame who won 129 U.S. national titles and played competitively into his 90s, died Nov. 14, 2016. He was 102. On July 6, 1957, he and doubles partner Budge Patty, showed their Wimbledon trophies presented to them by Queen Elizabeth.
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Enzo Maiorca

Gwen Ifill

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Journalist and newscaster Gwen Ifill, the trailblazing co-anchor of "PBS NewsHour" and former host of "Washington Week in Review," died Nov. 14, 2016 after a long battle with cancer. She was 61.
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Leon Russell

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Singer-songwriter Leon Russell, who sang, wrote and produced some of rock and roll's top records, died Nov. 13, 2016. He was 74. The photo is from Nov. 3, 2010.
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Lupita Tovar

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Actress Lupita Tovar holds a poster from one of her movies at her tribute at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Dec. 7, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Tovar, a Mexican-born actress who began her Hollywood career in the silent era, went on to play an imperiled heroine in a racy Spanish-language version of "Dracula." She was nearly drowned on the set of "The Invader" (1936) by an inebriated star, Buster Keaton. Tovar died Nov. 12, 2016. She was 106. Newsday's obituary for Lupita Tovar

Dawn Coe-Jones

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Dawn Coe-Jones, the Canadian Golf Hall of Famer who won three times on the LPGA Tour, died Nov. 12, 2016 after an eight-month battle with cancer. She was 56. The photo is from June 18, 2005.
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Bill Stanfill

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Bill Stanfill, who was voted the nation's top college lineman at the University of Georgia and starred on two Super Bowl-winning teams with the Miami Dolphins, died Nov. 10, 2016. He was 69.
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Yaffa Eliach

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Yaffa Eliach, a survivor and historian of the Holocaust who memorialized its victims by remembering their lives in a massive photography collection that became a centerpiece of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum , died Nov. 8, 2016. She was 81. The photo is from July 10, 2002.
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Clarence M. Ditlow III

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Clarence M. Ditlow III, the executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, whose work over four decades forced the auto industry to make important safety and consumer improvements, including installing air bags, died Nov. 10, 2016 of colon cancer. He was 72. The photo is from March 2, 2010.
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Robert Vaughn

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Oscar-nominated actor Robert Vaughn, the debonair crime-fighter of television's "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." in the 1960s, died Nov. 11, 2016 after a brief battle with acute leukemia. He was 83.
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E. Barrett Prettyman Jr.

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Shown in a 2005 photo, E. Barrett Prettyman Jr., a Washington lawyer who had an advisory role in the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 decision Brown v. Board of Education, which outlawed segregated schools, and who decades later investigated congressional corruption in the Abscam case, died Nov. 4, 2016, of a respiratory ailment. He was 91.
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Leonard Cohen

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Leonard Cohen, the baritone-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter who seamlessly blended spirituality and sexuality in songs like "Hallelujah," ''Suzanne" and "Bird on a Wire," died Nov. 10, 2016. He was 82.
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Umberto Veronesi

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Dr. Umberto Veronesi, an internationally known oncologist specializing in breast cancer, who also served as Italian minister of health, died Nov. 8, 2016. He was 90. The photo is from Nov. 20, 2007.
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Oran Sandel

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Oran Sandel, an actor, teacher and educator who formerly directed the Living Stage Theatre Company, an arm of the Arena Stage in Washington D.C., died Oct. 19, 2016 of melanoma at his Silver Spring, Md., home. He was 64. He is shown as Leonardo DaVinci in "Leonardo's Workshop."
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Marek Svatos

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Former Colorado Avalanche right winger Marek Svatos was found dead late Friday night, Nov. 4, 2016 at his home in Colorado. Police have not released a cause of death or said whether the death is suspicious. He was 34. The photo is from Oct. 16, 2007. Newsday's obituary for Marek Svatos

Joe Marquette

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Joe Marquette, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who covered Olympics, Super Bowls and the White House during a five-decade career, died Nov. 5, 2016 after a series of lengthy illnesses. He was 79.
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Anthony "The Saint" St. Laurent

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New England mobster Anthony "The Saint" St. Laurent, seen on June 17, 1997, who was convicted of trying to hire someone to kill a rival mafia member, died Nov. 7, 2016, two weeks after being released from federal prison. He was 75.
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Janet Reno

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Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general and the epicenter of several political storms during the Clinton administration, died of complications of Parkinson's disease on Nov. 7, 2016. She was 78. Reno is seen on April 16, 1997.
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Ralph J. Cicerone

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Ralph J. Cicerone, president emeritus of the National Academy of Sciences and a renowned authority on atmospheric chemistry and climate change, died on Nov. 5, 2016. He was 73.
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Zoltan Kocsis

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Zoltan Kocsis, a famed pianist and conductor and musical director of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, died Nov. 6, 2016. He was 64. Kocsis is seen on Nov. 5, 2009.
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Stanford Lipsey

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Stanford Lipsey, who sold a chain of weekly newspapers to investor Warren Buffett in the 1960s, then guided the papers to a Pulitzer Prize in the 1970s before becoming the longtime publisher of the Buffalo News, died Nov. 1, 2016. He was 89. Lipsey is seen on Sept. 9, 2011.
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Kay Starr

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Kay Starr, a ferociously expressive singer whose ability to infuse swing, pop and country songs with her own indelible bluesy stamp made her one of the most admired recording artists of her generation, died on Nov. 3, 2016. She was 94.
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James Galanos

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James Galanos, known for his elegant, meticulously constructed dresses who created both of first lady Nancy Reagan's inaugural gowns, died Oct. 30, 2016. He was 92.
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Janet Patterson

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Janet Patterson with her award for best production design at the 2010 Inside Film Awards at City Recital Hall on Nov. 14, 2010 in Sydney, Australia. Patterson, a four-time Oscar nominee for period films like "Bright Star," "The Portrait of a Lady" and "The Piano," has died.
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Tammy Grimes

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Tammy Grimes, left, and Farley Granger in "A Month in The Country" (1979). Grimes, a raspy-voiced actress who was one of Broadway's brightest stars of the 1960s, winning Tony Awards as the title character in the musical "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" and for a revival of Noel Coward's comedy "Private Lives," died Oct. 30, 2016. She was 82.
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Natalie Babbit

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"Tuck Everlasting" author Natalie Babbitt, left, visits with cast and crew at "Tuck Everlasting, The Musical" on April 9, 2016, at The Broadhurst Theatre in Manhattan. Babbitt died Oct. 31, 2016. She was 84.
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Vaino Spencer

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Vaino Spencer, the first female black judge in California and one of the longest-serving jurists in state history, died Oct. 25, 2015 of natural causes. She was 96.
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Claude "Curly" Putman

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Songwriter Claude "Curly" Putman, who wrote iconic country songs like "He Stopped Loving Her Today," "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," and "The Green, Green Grass of Home," died Oct. 30, 2016. He was 85. The photo is from 2008.
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Lucia Perillo

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Lucia Perillo, an award-winning author and Pulitzer Prize finalist, died Oct. 16, 2016. She was 58. The cause of her death was not immediately known.
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Audley Coulthurst

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Audley Coulthurst speaks to students at Gardiner Manor Elementary School in Bay Shore on Feb. 7, 2013. Coulthurst, a barrier-breaking aviator who was a member of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen all-black fighter pilot group, died Oct. 27, 2016, after suffering cardiac arrest. He was 92.
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Pen Sovann

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Pen Sovann, the former Cambodian prime minister who was installed then imprisoned by the Vietnamese after they defeated the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, died Oct. 29, 2016. He was 80. Sovann is seen on April 23, 1997.
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John Hicks

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John Hicks, a College Football Hall of Fame offensive lineman and former Ohio State star, died Oct. 30, 2016. He was 65. Hicks is seen on Dec. 21, 1973.
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Prince Mikasa

Bob Hoover

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Bob Hoover, a World War II fighter pilot who became an aviation legend for his skills in testing aircraft and demonstrating their capabilities in air shows, died Oct.5, 2016. He was 94. The photo is from Jan. 16, 2015.
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Howard Davies

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Olivier Award-winning British theater director Howard Davies, who had hits in London and Broadway directing Kathleen Turner in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," Lindsay Duncan in "Private Lives," and Kevin Spacey in both "A Moon for the Misbegotten" and "The Iceman Cometh," died Oct. 26, 2016 of cancer. He was 71. The photo is from March 13, 2011.
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Pete Burns

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Pete Burns, singer with the British band Dead or Alive that had success in the 1980s, died Oct. 23, 2016, after a heart attack. He was 57. The photo is from Dec. 21, 2012.
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Carlos Alberto Torres

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Brazil's former soccer captain Carlos Alberto Torres kisses the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil trophy. Torres, the captain of Brazil's World Cup-winning team in 1970 and scorer of one of the sport's most memorable goals, died Oct. 25, 2016 after a heart attack. He was 72.
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Bobby Vee, whose rise toward stardom began as a 15-year-old fill-in for Buddy Holly after Holly was killed in a plane crash, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease on Oct. 24, 2016. He was 73. Dee is seen on Dec. 18, 2013.
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Tom Hayden

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Tom Hayden, seen on June 6, 1988, the famed 1960s anti-war activist who moved beyond his notoriety as a Chicago 8 defendant to become a California legislator, author and lecturer, died Oct. 23, 2016. He was 76.
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Simone Schaller

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Simone Schaller, left, finished fourth behind Babe Didrikson in the 80-meter hurdles final in 1932. Schaller, an American hurdler who competed at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Games and was believed to be the oldest living Olympian, died of natural causes Oct. 20, 2016. She was 104.
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Kevin Meaney

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Kevin Meaney, seen on Nov. 4, 2004, a comic's comic who worked the stand-up circuit, was a staple on late-night TV and starred in the short-lived 1990s CBS series "Uncle Buck," died Oct. 21, 2016. He was 60.
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King Kigeli V Ndahindurwa

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Kigeli V Ndahindurwa, a Rwandan king who spent less than two years on the throne and more than a half-century in exile, living in penury as he decried the atrocities visited upon his people and seeking a restoration that never came, died Oct. 16, 2016 at a hospital in the Washington area. He was 80. The photo is from May 3, 1994.
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Phil Chess

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Phil Chess, left, co-founder of a Chicago record label that amassed perhaps the most influential blues catalog, died Oct. 19, 2016 in Arizona. He was 95. In the undated photo, he is with his older brother, Leonard, outside their Chess Records headquarters in Chicago. Leonard Chess died in 1969.
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Pierre Etaix

Jose Gilbert Vega

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A photo released by the Palm Springs Police Department of slain officer Jose "Gil" Gilbert Vega, a 35-year veteran who was killed in the line of duty Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. Vega, the father of eight, planned to retire in December. He was 63.
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Lesley Zerebny

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The Palm Springs Police Department released an undated photo of Officer Lesley Zerebny, 27, who was killed in the line of duty Oct. 8, 2016. She was married with a four-month-old daughter.
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Clyde Holloway

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Clyde Holloway, a former congressman and chairman of Louisiana's utility regulatory agency, died Oct. 16, 2016. He was 72. The photo is from Aug. 22, 2014. Newsday's obituary for Clyde Holloway

Lowell Thomas Jr.

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Author, filmmaker, adventurer and former Alaska lieutenant governor Lowell Thomas Jr., son of the legendary broadcaster, died Oct. 1, 2016 at his home in Anchorage, Alaska. He was 92. Thomas served as Alaska lieutenant governor from 1974 to 1978. Before that he had been in the state senate for 12 years. The photo is from Feb. 18, 1962.
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Fulton Walker

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Fulton Walker, the first player to score on a Super Bowl kickoff return, died Oct. 12, 2016, of an apparent heart attack in his hometown of Martinsburg, W.Va. He was 58. Walker's return, which is still tied for third longest in Super Bowl history, occurred on Jan 30, 1983, during Super Bow XVII between the Miami Dolphins and the Washington Redskins in Pasadena, Calif. Walker scored for the Dolphins on a 98-yard kickoff return. The play put Miami ahead, but the Redskins rallied to win, 27-17.
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Don Ciccone

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Don Ciccone, a Four Seasons member as well as lead singer and songwriter of the Critters who wrote the hit "Mr. Dieingly Sad," died Oct. 8, 2016. He was 70. The photo from May 13, 2012, shows Four Seasons members, top row from left, Lee Shapiro, Ciccone and Jimmy Ryan; and bottom row from left, Russ Velasquez, Gary Polci and Larry Gates.
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Dennis Byrd

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Former Jets defensive lineman Dennis Byrd, who was paralyzed during a game in 1992 but defied doctors' predictions that he would never walk again, died Oct. 15, 2016, in a two-vehicle collision north of Claremore, Okla. He was 50.
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Fred Slaughter

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UCLA's Fred Slaughter leaps to grab a rebound on Dec. 20, 1962, during the first period of a college basketball game against Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Slaughter, who helped UCLA win its first-ever NCAA basketball championship as a senior under coach John Wooden in 1964, died Oct. 6, 2016. He was 74.
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Dario Fo

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Dario Fo, an Italian comic actor, playwright, satirist and self-described jester whose satirical works angered the Roman Catholic Church and his country's political, military and industrial elite but also earned him the Nobel Prize for literature, died Oct. 13, 2016. He was 90. The photo is from May 9, 2009.
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King Bhumibol Adulyadej

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Shown in a Dec. 5, 2010 photo, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, revered in Thailand as a demigod, a humble father figure and an anchor of stability through decades of upheaval at home and abroad, died Oct. 13, 2016. He was 88 and had been the world's longest reigning monarch.
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Thomas Ford

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Actor Tommy Ford, seen on March 24, 2016, the actor who played Martin Lawrence's best friend Tommy Strawn on the hit '90s sitcom "Martin," died Oct. 12, 2016. He was 52.
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Patricia Barry

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Patricia Barry, a mainstay of daytime television who appeared on "Days of Our Lives," "Guiding Light" and "All My Children," died Oct. 11, 2016. She was 93. The photo is from Sept. 8, 2005.
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Jack Greenberg

Donn Fendler

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Shown in an Oct. 15, 1940, photo, Boy Scout Donn Fendler, of Rye, N.Y., is honored by President Franklin Roosevelt with a gold medal for valor at the White House in Washington, D.C. Fendler, who at age 12 survived nine days alone on Maine's tallest mountain in 1939 and later collaborated on a book about the ordeal, died Oct 10, 2016. He was 90.
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Joan Marie Johnson

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Shown in a May 3, 2008 photo, Joan Marie Johnson, one of the founding members of the New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups, who had a No. 1 hit in 1964 with "Chapel of Love," died of congestive heart failure Oct. 3, 2016. She was 72.
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Jacob Neusner

Andrzej Wajda

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Academy Award-winning Polish film director Andrzej Wajda, seen on March 3, 2016, whose career maneuvering between a repressive communist government and an audience yearning for freedom won him international recognition and an honorary Oscar, died Oct. 9, 2016. He was 90.
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Kenneth Thompson

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Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson, seen on June 15, 2016, died Oct. 9, 2016 after a battle with cancer, just days after announcing he would be undergoing treatment. He was 50.
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Aaron Pryo

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Alexis Arguello, left, covers up as defending champ Aaron Pryor throws a hard right during the second round of boxing action at the Orange Bowl in Miami on Nov. 12, 1982. Pryor died Oct. 9, 2016 after a long battle with heart disease. He was 60.
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Trinh Thi Ngo

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Trinh Thi Ngo holds a portrait of her younger self at home in Ho Chi Minh City on Sept. 10, 2015. Known as "Hanoi Hannah" for her propaganda broadcasts during the Vietnam War, she died Sept. 30, 2016 at age 87.
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Raymond Haerry

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Raymond Haerry, seen on April 20, 2016, was one of the last living crew members on the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Haerry died Sept. 7, 2016. He was 94.
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Josh Samman

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Josh Samman reacts after knocking out Eddie Gordon in their fight during the UFC 181 event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Dec. 6, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nev. Samman died Oct. 5, 2016 after spending nearly a week in a Florida hospital following a probable drug overdose. He was 28.
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Bing Thom

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Bing Thom, the Hong Kong-born Canadian architect who was hailed for his design of the new building to house Washington's Arena Stage and for the structure's potential to transform an entire quadrant of the city, died Oct. 4, 2016. He was 75. The photo is from Oct. 7, 2010.
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Michal Kovac

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Michal Kovac, who served as the first president of Slovakia after it became an independent state in 1993, died Sept. 5, 2016. He was 86. The photo is from June 6, 2006.
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Kenneth Angell

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Kenneth Angell, a retired Roman Catholic bishop who lost his television-producer brother on Sept. 11, 2001, in the terror attacks, died Oct. 4, 2016. He was 86. The photo is from Sept. 12, 2001.
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Rod Temperton

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Songwriter Rod Temperton, seen on March 29, 2012, the man who wrote Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and other hits, died last week of cancer. He was 66.
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Irene Bergman

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Irene Bergman, seen on May 30, 2015, the longest working woman on Wall Street who began her career in 1942 after arriving as a a refugee from Europe, died Sept. 29, 2016. She was 101.
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Suzanne Mitchell

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Suzanne Mitchell, who as director of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders in the 1970s and '80s helped popularize a style of seductive, hip-shaking entertainment that for many fans has come to rival the performance of the athletes on the field, died Sept. 27, 2016. She was 73.
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Gloria Naylor

Neville Marriner

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British conductor Neville Marriner, seen on June 28, 2009, who led the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields to become one of the world's most-recorded classical music groups, died Oct. 2, 2016. He was 92.
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Stanley Dural Jr.

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Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr., who introduced zydeco music to the world through his namesake band Buckwheat Zydeco, died of lung cancer Sept. 24, 2016. Dural Jr., seen here on May 6, 2011, was 68.
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Richard Trentlage

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Richard Trentlage, seen on March 7, 2000, the man who got generations of hot dog lovers singing along to the Oscar Mayer Wiener song, died Sept. 21, 2016. He was 87.
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Curtis Roosevelt

Curtis Roosevelt, seen on Oct. 1, 2005, the oldest grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, died Sept. 26, 2016. He was 86.
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Jef Billings

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Costume designer Jef Billings, seen on Aug. 5, 2004, a renowned costume designer who directed some of figure skating's biggest names with Stars on Ice, died of natural causes Sept. 27, 2016. He was 71.
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Gary Glasberg,

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Gary Glasberg, seen on July 17, 2014, the executive producer of TV's "NCIS" and creator of "NCIS: New Orleans," died in his sleep Sept. 28, 2016. He was 50.
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Agnes Nixon

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Agnes Nixon, the creative force behind the edgy and enduring TV soap operas "One Life to Live" and "All My Children," died Sept. 28, 2016. She was 93.
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Shimon Peres

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Former Israeli President Shimon Peres, seen on Nov. 2, 2015, a former president and prime minister whose life story mirrored that of the Jewish state, died Sept. 28, 2016 of complications from a stroke. He was 93.
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Joseph Harmatz

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Joseph Harmatz, a Holocaust survivor who led the most daring attempt of Jews to seek revenge against their former Nazi tormentors, died Sept. 22, 2016. Harmatz, seen May 23, 2016, was 91.
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Milt Tenopir

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Milt Tenopir, seen on Oct. 24, 2015, who coached some of college football's most dominant offensive lines with Nebraska in the 1980s and '90s, died Sept. 26, 2016 after a long battle with cancer. He was 76.
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Herschell Gordon Lewis

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Filmmaker Herschell Gordon Lewis, who pioneered the horror genre in the 1960s known as the "splatter film," which intentionally focused on gore and gruesomeness, died in his sleep Sept. 26, 2016. He was 87.
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Jean Shepard

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Shown in a 1976 photo, Jean Shepard, the first female country singer to be a member of the Grand Ole Opry, died Sept. 25, 2016. She was 82.
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Ben Steele

Arnold Palmer

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Arnold Palmer, seen on Jan. 18, 1962, who made golf popular for the masses with his hard-charging style, incomparable charisma and a personal touch that made him known throughout the golf world as "The King," died Sept. 25, 2016. He was 87.
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Bill Nunn

Ed Temple

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Wilma Rudolph smiles and embraces a teammate, as her trainer Ed Temple carries a bunch of flowers in a vase, in Rome in 1960. Temple, the former Tennessee State track and field coach whose Tigerbelles won 13 Olympic gold medals and helped break down racial and gender barriers in the sport, died Sept. 22, 2016. He was 89.
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Edward Joseph Lofgren

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Edward Joseph Lofgren, seen in 1957, was a pioneering physicist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who helped build a key tool for studying the universe and played a role in the project that created the first atomic bomb. Lofgren died Sept. 6, 2016. He was 102.
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Bill Barrett

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Longtime Nebraska politician Bill Barrett, seen on March 31, 2004, who was known for seeking consensus and compromise while helping shape the nation's farm policy during his decade in Congress, died Sept. 20, 2016. The conservative Republican was 87.
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Deborah Jin

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Deborah Jin, an American physicist who was one of the world's foremost experts on how ordinary atoms and molecules change their behavior at extraordinarily low temperatures, and who was known for creating what is sometimes called a new state of matter, died of cancer on Sept. 15, 2016. She was 47.
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Rose Pak

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Rose Pak, a brash and lively community activist who helped transform San Francisco's growing Asian-American population into a politically powerful constituency during an era when few women carried such clout, died of natural causes on Sept. 18, 2016. She was 68. Pak is seen on Dec. 12, 2003.
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Charmian Carr

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Charmian Carr, the actress best known for portraying the eldest von Trapp daughter in Rogers & Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music," died of complications from a rare form of dementia on Sept. 17, 2016. She was 73.
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